CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Endeca Technologies, Inc., a search
applications company, today announced the launch of the Endeca
User Interface (UI) Pattern Library. One of the first pattern
libraries of its kind, the Endeca UI Design Pattern Library provides
visitors with detailed user interface best practices for designing
effective and innovative online search and discovery experiences. The
library features a growing set of UI design patterns, illustrated by
Endeca implementations, as well as other external applications. Users
also have the ability to contribute via comments, dialogue, feedback,
and submission of problems and ideas, in an effort to provide the most
compelling, and up-to-date content to the community.

“Designing for search and discovery is surprisingly difficult,” said
Peter Morville, author of the new book Search Patterns and
president and founder of Semantic Studios. “That’s why I am so excited
by Endeca’s decision to share repeatable solutions to common problems in
the form of a pattern library. This will be an invaluable resource for
information architects and user experience designers around the world.”

The Endeca User Experience (UX) team has been developing and applying
discovery UI design patterns for the past three years based on lessons
learned through research and design experience and hundreds of Endeca
implementations, but has only been able to share this first-hand
knowledge with customers and partners by way of direct training and
project engagements. By allowing the public to access their work through
the Endeca User Interface Design Pattern Library, the team can share and
exchange best practices with a much broader community. The pattern
library serves as a forum for open dialogue between all users, thereby
allowing the Endeca UX team to continually grow and develop the library
based on the insights and feedback of the community.

“Enabling information visibility and discovery through a unique user
experience is the core value of Endeca’s technology,” said Mark Burrell,
vice president, worldwide lead for user experience at Endeca. “The
Endeca User Interface Pattern Library reflects our dedication to
developing, sharing, and growing best practices for solving discovery
problems and enabling people and organizations to easily find, explore
and analyze information. We hope the library contributes to improving
online search and discovery experiences and accelerates the growth of
community knowledge and UI innovation.”

Endeca is a leading provider of search applications. Search applications
built on Endeca’s technology deliver the clearest visibility
into information, driving hundreds of millions of dollars in cost
savings and increased revenue for our customers. Powering these
solutions is Endeca’s
Information Access Platform, a major enterprise search innovation
based on a fundamentally new architecture for building high-ROI
applications that let users access any data from anywhere any way they
need it. With this improved information visibility, customers make
better choices, and employees better decisions. More than 250 million
end users around the world access information through Endeca
solutions, which are in use at more than 600
leading organizations including: ABN AMRO, Boeing, Cox Newspapers,
the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, Ford Motor Company, Hyatt, IBM,
the Library of Congress, Texas Instruments, and Walmart.com.